If the nose tip regulations have caught everyone’s attentions, probably just as influential but hidden is the front bulkhead regulation. For 2014 the front A-A bulkhead is placed some 100 lower, down to 525mm form 625m. As the bulkhead is a fixed external cross section, this created an unavoidable obstruction for the airflow passing under the raised chassis.

Lotus surprised the F1 world with its aggressive Twin Tusk design for the nose of the E22. This is a solution that turns most peoples understanding of the 2014 nose tip regulations on its head. But none the less the design is legal and unlikely to be protested.